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6:50 AM ET, July 10, 2013

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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
Maxim Magazine Said to Fetch Bids of About $20 Million  —  Maxim magazine, the bawdy men's title that went up for sale in March, is seeing some bids of about $20 million, less than a 10th of the price its owners paid six years ago, according to people familiar with the situation.
Riva Gold / The Atlantic Online:
Newsroom Diversity: A Casualty of Journalism's Financial Crisis  —  New numbers from the American Society of News Editors show that the progress of women and minorities in media has halted.  —  The American Society of News Editors (ASNE) recently released its annual study of newsroom diversity.
Bill Mickey / Folio:
Report: Number of Magazine Launches Continues to Decrease  —  New title total down again for first half, to 97, says MediaFinder.  —  In its quarterly survey, MediaFinder reported that 97 magazines launched and 29 closed in the first half of 2013.  —  Once again, the categories most likely …
Discussion: Adweek, @lorraineball and BtoB Magazine
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Guggenheim Exit Leaves Hulu a Pay-TV Pawn  —  Three bidders remain: DirecTV, AT&T, Time Warner Cable  —  The pay-TV biz is going to get its hands on Hulu.  —  With Guggenheim Digital Media and KKR opting out of the hunt for Hulu, as CNBC reported Tuesday, that leaves three bidders …
Discussion: CNBC
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Hulu Sale Attracts Plenty Of Bidders, But For What, Exactly?
Dan Kennedy / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Charting a locally owned, for-profit future for community news  —  For those of a certain age, perusing the ads posted at The Batavian, the for-profit news site in Batavia, New York, can seem a lot like flipping through the pages of a weekly community newspaper a generation or two ago.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Can't stop, won't stop: PRX introduces an app for unending audio storytelling  —  PRX is proposing a new model for what a radio station (or a “radio” “station") can be with a new app that offers up pieces from shows you like, some from a few you may not recognize, and then puts the whole thing on shuffle.
Discussion: Current.org and AppNewser
Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
Ron Paul Getting In The Media Business  —  Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is taking a crack at being a media mogul with the forthcoming launch of his new venture, “The Ron Paul Channel.”  —  Expected to make a splash sometime this summer — most likely in August, according to the Daily Caller …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IVN
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Conservative Voice Goes From ‘View’ to Fox News  —  Fox News announced a sudden shake-up of its morning show “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday night, hiring Elisabeth Hasselbeck from ABC's “The View” to replace Gretchen Carlson, who has been a co-host of the morning show for seven years.
Rani Molla / GigaOM:
Prss is trying to design the iPad publishing app that Apple never built  —  A Netherlands-based company wants to revolutionize iPad publishing.  In much the same way that Quark enabled desktop publishing in the eighties and platforms like WordPress and Tumblr allowed anyone to cheaply …
Discussion: eMedia Vitals
Sydney Brownstone / Co.Exist:
Twitter Vs. Mainstream Media: Science Proves Which Breaks News Faster  —  The revolution will not be televised, but it might be tweeted.  A new study shows that Twitter has a lead time on newswires for certain stories—including sports, disasters, and sometimes riots.
Discussion: @helpareporter
Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
Pandora's PR problem: how the web radio titan became music's big villain  —  The company has made few friends with its pitch for higher royalties  —  When Tim Westergren says something about music, it's easy to believe him.  He not only possesses rock-star good looks and a background as a pianist …
Cliff Edwards / Bloomberg:
Netflix CEO Raises Hackles With Earnings Videocast Plans  —  Netflix Inc. (NFLX) Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings, who drew regulatory scrutiny with Facebook posts on subscriber gains, is raising hackles again with plans for a moderated videocast instead of a quarterly earnings call.
Discussion: Associated Press and Quartz
 
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Michael Rondon / Folio:
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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
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Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable
Bloomberg:
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